2010 FIFA World Cup - USA
2010 FIFA World Cup - USA National Team
2010 FIFA World Cup USA National Team:
Goalkeepers:
1 Tim HOWARD, 18 Brad GUZAN and 23 Marcus HAHNEMANN
Defenders:
2 Jonathan SPECTOR, 3 Carlos BOCANEGRA, 5 Oguchi ONYEWU, 6 Steve CHERUNDOLO,
12 Jonathan BORNSTEIN, 15 Jay DeMERIT and 21 Clarence GOODSON
Midfielders:
4 Michael BRADLEY, 7 DaMarcus BEASLEY, 8 Clint DEMPSEY, 10 Landon DONOVAN,
11 Stuart HOLDEN, 13 Ricardo CLARK, 16 Francisco TORRES, 19 Maurice EDU and 22 Benny FEILHABER
Forwards:
9 Herculez GOMEZ, 14 Edson BUDDLE, 17 Jozy ALTIDORE and 20 Robbie FINDLEY
Coach:
Bob BRADLEY
Top Players Landon Donovan (USA), Jozy Altidore (USA) and Tim Howard (USA).
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The star players
In recent years, the name Landon Donovan has been synonymous with the US national team. The Los Angeles Galaxy attacker has often saved his very best performances for a USA shirt, and there is little doubt that Donovan will once again be one of his team's leading men at South Africa 2010. Providing an impressive supporting cast are the likes of Oguchi Onyewu, Michael Bradley, Jozy Altidore, Tim Howard and Clint Dempsey, all of whom are plying their trade on European soil.
The coach
Bradley was originally appointed national coach on a caretaker basis, though a run of ten games unbeaten quickly convinced the powers that be that he deserved the role on a permanent basis. And anyone who doubted his credentials would have been silenced by events at the FIFA Confederations Cup 2009, where the USA ousted favourites Spain in the semi-finals before going down to a narrow 3-2 final defeat to Brazil.
Previous FIFA World Cups
The United States have taken part at nine FIFA World Cups, with Mexico the only CONCACAF team involved in more editions of the showpiece event. The Stars and Stripes' best finals performance came at Uruguay 1930, when they exited at the semi-final stage. South Africa 2010 will be the United States' sixth consecutive finals appearance. At Germany 2006 they bid farewell to the tournament at the first hurdle.
Records
The United States' 2-0 victory over Spain at South Africa 2009 prevented La Roja extending their 35-game
unbeaten run, a record they hold jointly with Brazil.
The USA had enjoyed a 58-match unbeaten home streak against CONCACAF opponents until July 2009, when arch-rivals
Mexico thrashed them 5-0 in the final of the Gold Cup.
Altidore, currently on loan at English Premier League outfit Hull City from Villarreal, was the Stars and Stripes'
six-goal top scorer in qualifying.
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The Favorites USA: The United States contest their sixth successive finals and will fancy their
chances of advancing from the group stage for the first time since their quarter-final run in 2002. Bob
Bradley's team can also take heart from their efforts at the FIFA Confederations Cup on South African soil
in 2009 – they stunned Spain in the semi-finals and led Brazil 2-0 in the final before succumbing 3-2. They
will hope centre-back Oguchi Onyewu will have recovered from his knee injury in time to join a squad that
will again look to Landon Donovan for attacking inspiration in his third FIFA World Cup.